The 7 steps to durable wood repair
What do you need to perform a durable wood repair? What about materials and tools? With 7 steps to durable wood repair, we provide you with what you need to know so that you can serve your customers even better!
The 7 steps to durable wood repair
Remove paint
Common courses of action:
Sanding, scraping, burning, blowing off with air.
Materials and tools: Sander/scraper/burner/blow dryer or compressor, dust mask, and dustpan.
Remove all decay
Goal: Remove all affected wood to at least “3/16”into the healthy wood. Always provide milling tray.
Common courses of action: Milling (flexible shaft, fixed router, battery-powered machine), sawing (oscillating saw) or chiselling.
Materials and tools: Multitool with 3/8” spherical router or cutting bit, safety glasses, and sandpaper
Measure wood moisture (≤ 18%)
Goal: Ensures that wood rot won’t still be present in the repair.
Materials and tools: EASY•Q™ Wood Condition Meter.
Prime contact area with DRY FIX®
After sparingly applying DRY FIX®, allow it to penetrate for a minimum of 20 minutes and a maximum of 45 minutes. Then dab with a lint-free cloth to remove excess DRY FIX®.
Materials and tools: DRY FIX® UNI, EASY•Q™ MIX and FIX Cups, EASY•Q™ MIX and FIX Wooden Mixing Spatula and disposable brushes.
Butter contact area with DRY FLEX®
Butter the repair with a thin layer of DRY FLEX®
Materials and tools: EASY•Q™ Buttering Knife, DRY FLEX® 1, 4, 16, SF, ALLROUND, EASY•Q™ Mixing Plate and EASY•Q™ Dosing Gun (High Performance or single-ended)
Shape and finish repair
Make sure you build up the repair without air inclusion.
Chamfer the repair bulb.
Sanding finished repair and apply paint
Pay attention to:
Be sure repair is cured for paint or stain
Treat repair with primer first, within 2 weeks of it being fully dry
Materials and tools: Sander.
Good to know
Tips
- Use EASY•Q™ Disposable Nitrile Gloves to protect hands and wrists.
- Use EASY•Q™ Wipes for optimal tool cleaning.
- Use a paper towel to remove excess DRY FIX® and to dry the modelling knives.
Good to know
- Use EASY•Q™ Disposable Nitrile Gloves for safe working.
- Use EASY•Q™ Wipes for optimal tool cleaning.
- Use a paper towel to remove excess DRY FIX® and to dry the modelling knives.
Indicative curing times
In the table below you will find the approximate curing times (in hours) of Repair Care repair pastes. Please note: the times mentioned are only an indication. Curing may deviate due to fluctuations in temperature, layer thickness and humidity.
Explanation
DRY FLEX® products cure as a result of the chemical reaction between the A and B components. The factors affecting this curing process are mass and temperature.
- The more mass together, the faster it will cure. The less mass together (read: thinner layer), the slower the curing will be. For this reason, we also recommend keeping the resin thin and flat on the mixing pad during and after mixing and, when building up a repair, process the resin from the mixing pad and not from a modelling knife.
- The higher the temperature, the faster the mixed resin will cure. The lower the temperature, the slower the curing will be. At a temperature lower than 32 ˚F, no curing will take place. As far as temperature is concerned, consider not only the air temperature, but also the temperature of the repair surface itself and the influence of sun exposure after setting the repair.
